Overview
- IPID arrested nine Bultfontein Public Order Policing officers and charged them with four counts of murder.
- The officers are expected to appear in the Bultfontein Magistrate's Court after being detained in Welkom.
- The case traces to a September 2024 call about a stolen cellphone in Phahameng that drew a Public Order Police response.
- IPID says officers forced their way into the house, three family members were shot, Constable Mojalefa Borole also died, and investigators counted 43 spent cartridges.
- SAPS says it has moved extra staff to the Bultfontein station to keep patrols steady as community leaders warn the arrests could thin an already small force.